The Alabaster Police Department says two more charges have been filed against a former elementary school teacher who worked for the Shelby County Board of Education.
49-year-old Danny M. Acker now faces two charges of Sexual Abuse, 1st Degree in addition to the five charges he faces.
“These charges are the result of evidence obtained in our ongoing investigation into Danny Acker” stated Deputy Chief Curtis Rigney.
Acker was a fourth grade teacher for most of his career. He worked at Thompson Elementary School, Creekview Elementary and Thompson Intermediate before retiring in 2009. In the new charges, a fourth grade student of Acker’s says she was molested in the classroom. Another victim says Acker molested her on the school bus when she was 9-years-old.
Acker is being held in the Shelby County Jail with a $745,000 bond.
Anyone with information concerning this investigation is asked to call the Alabaster Police Department at 663-7401.
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